FRIDAY FINDS: 1916 Photo Book of Southern California
FRIDAY FINDS: NANKASHU NIHONJIN (History of the Japanese in Southern California–in pictures), 1916. This is an amazing resource of farms throughout Southern California. Images from this book have been featured in my book on the Southern California Flower Market and I’ve recently referred to it for early photos of...
FRIDAY FINDS: Japanese Directory of Pasadena, 1956
What a wonderful gift! The Japanese Directory of Pasadena from 1956. Here are some pages of the city’s wonderful historic nurseries....
FRIDAY FINDS: East First Street, Little Tokyo
Continuing with the streets of Little Tokyo from the Rafu Year Book, 1939-40. From right to left, Far East Cafe (Chop Suey), 347 E. First Street; Taiyo Drugs, 343 E. First Street; The Tanaka Co., 339 E. First Street; Kimura Brothers, 337 E. First Street; and Izuo Studio, 335...
FRIDAY FINDS: East First Street, Little Tokyo
I’ll be posting various images from my historic book collection. First up will be Little Tokyo street photos in the 1939-1940 Rafu Shimpo Yearbook. These are of East First Street, from 367 to 353. First row, right to left: Union S.S. Transfer Co., 367 E. First St.; Ikeda Beauty...